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Tighten your belts as household costs rise, says expert

May 16, 2008 by admin  
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Consumers are being told to be careful with their money and ‘tighten their belts’ because of the rising costs of many essential household items and bills.

Money education charity Credit Action has said people have grown accustomed to relatively low food and petrol prices but they will now have to adjust their budgets as these costs are increasing.

According to Capital Economics, food inflation is expected to remain at its current rate of six per cent for the next few months, while water and council tax bills are set to rise.

Gas bills are predicted to increase by around ten per cent and electricity by eight per cent in the second half of the year.

“For most families and people trying to manage their money and trying to budget carefully, that’s going to become much harder because there’s going to be far more cost associated with just the basic day to day living expenses,” said Chris Tapp, director of Credit Action.

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